Troops kill ISWAP commander, 114 terrorists in one week
Troops on operations across the e country have killed 115 terrorists, including an Islamic State for West Africa (ISWAP) commander in the North East, Munzur Ya Audu.
Troops also arrested 238 criminals and rescued 138 kidnap victims in the past week.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen Edward Buba, announced this on Thursday, November 20, at a press briefing, in Abuja.
He said troops’ efforts led to recovery, from terrorists, of 145 high calibre weapons and 3,825 ammunition, comprising one GPMG, two PKT guns, 68 AK47 rifles, two AK56 rifles, 24 fabricated rifles, 28 dane guns, one fabricated revolver pistol, six locally made pistols, one pistol, 8 pump action guns, one hand grenade, four fabricated hand grenades, one RPG bomb, and three explosives.
Other items recovered from terrorists, according to Gen. Buba, are 2,093 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 246 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 317 rounds of 7.62mm GPMG/PKM ammo, 129 live cartridges, 28 shotgun cartridges, 500 empty cases of MG ammo, 147 empty cases of 7.62mm ammo, 3 empty cases of cartridges, and 54 magazines, among others.
On troop successes in the Niger Delta region, Gen. Buba said troops of Operation Delta Safe destroyed 56 illegal refining sites and arrested 51 oil thieves.
The defence spokesman said troops recovered 872,070 litres of stolen crude oil and 67,985 litres of illegally refined diesel.
He said: “Troops also discovered and destroyed 78 crude oil cooking ovens, 21 dugout pits, 56 boats, 56 drums, 26 storage, two speedboats, one barge, two tricycles, one pumping machine, and 12 vehicles, among others.”
